Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

very little milling inquiry for cash wheat, and
nearly all of the speculative grade is being
placed in store. Storage capacity is rapidly
being exhausted and it Is estimated that not
more than 100000 bushels If working room is
lefttu ocular elevators. Under these conditions
operations of the bull C ique ar closely watched
and the outcome of the supposed deal in May
wheat has renewed interest. The price of May
opened at $3.50, or &c higher than last nights
close, advanced to S3zsc, reacted to S'3sc, and
closed at S31ac. Feeling was a shade frmer in
corn ard trading was of moderate character,
though chiefly on local account. Der and is
urgent for cash property, which with estimatr d
Email receipts, tended to make quite firm
market May delivery advanced to 397s q 40C.
and closed for the day at $3.50. Provisions
were less active and prices showed little
change. Mess pork was very sparingly dealt
in. Lard ruled sc higher, but reacted again.
Short ribs were unchanged. Leading flu res
Closed a. follows: Wheat No. April
7Sl&c; May S31sc; June Size; July SI]sc. Corn
No. April SAC; May 3924@39z5c; June 4lc ;
$40 IS; May and June sci 90. Lard-AprilS7 p ;
May 81 32H; June 81 40 Short ibis April s. %;
Nav IS Is; June So 221z. Cash quo atoms
tlour-quiet and unchanged; No. ? spring
corn 344 ASS. Mess pork-S20 5000 70 Lard
ST 2507 271: Short ribs-sides, loose, S. o5; dry
sailed shOulGers-bOxed,$ Sc l006 %; short clear
sides, boxed. SIS SOFAS So.
dull and heavy, but not quotabiy lower.
Wheat-SpOt lots 1<GHc, and options t4G2C
higher, closing firm; export trading was
moderate; speculations were fairly active
spot No. 2 red, 93c elevator; "a "a G9tAC de
livered; 92}s G922lc f. o. b.: April 81 G92'Ic,
closed at 924C; My % 5-l6G924c, closed at
$3.50; June 9l24 092hc, closed at 9lz5c.
COrn-Spot lots 4Glsc and options h404c
higher, closing firm; speculation was light;
the export demand was moderate sJOt
No. 462l64915c elevator; 50A G507ac
delivered; April 496492sc. closed 1890;
May 49G491zc, closed 1890; June 4SzsG49hc,
closed 495c Coffee, spot, fair; Rio qui t.
Options steady, mod rately active; sales 1880
bags; April SIS 1913 s.; MaySlS 1903 So; June
IA 90; september $I3 950l4 O5; october Sl4 0;
November $l4 10; December Sl4 O5@H 10; Jan
uary $l4 10. Sugar dull and nominal; refined
steady Molasses dull: Tallow steady. Rosin
quiet. TurPenttne dull
NEW ORLEANS, LA, April Flour quiet but
steady; choice 50 75d3 90, fancy 81 COCA 10, ex-
ira fancy 81 2564 IS, Minnesota and winter
wheat patents 81 S095 90. Corn unsettled
but generally higher; mixed, 50G5lc; yellow
and white held at SIC. Oats frmer
at 971ac. Cornmeal in good demand
Hay steady and unchanged primes y OOGA 0;
choice, Sl4 506l5 90. Hog products quiet
but steady; pork dull and lower al SIC IS; lard,
81 90. Bulk meats-Shoulders, Sc 37H; long
clear and clear rib. SS75. Hams, strong and
higher at $I2 006l2 I3 Whi.ky-Steady at
81 1901 81. Coffee Quiet but firm; Rio l55sG
l5Zc. Rice quiet but firm at 34G414c. Cotton
seed products steady; prime crude oil 29c;
SUNNI yellow H636c; cake and cal
generally higher; good fair to prime 415@5c !;
good to fair, 41a64%c; centrifugals, off white
9-l6G53sc; choice yellow clarified 9 l6G53sc;
seconds 465c.